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Commuters, rejoice: After long, collective appeals for a better way to head west (and north, and south), the Colorado Department of Transportation has finally responded with a brand new bus service that connects Denver to Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, and Glenwood Springs.
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Founded in 1859 by gold-mining prospectors, Idaho Springs is now Clear Creek County’s most populous community with around 1,700 residents. The city’s rich mining history is still present today, but Denverites probably best know the town as a quick food or gas pit stop on their way to the Rockies....

Denver is full of great neighborhoods (see here, here, and here for starters), and now one of its potential hidden gems could be in for a much-needed makeover.
This week, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced a $1.8 billion project that would re-route the stretch of I-70...

Early-season ski conditions have been lackluster thus far, striking fear in the hearts of powderhounds that this season will be on par with last year’s dismal snowfall totals. But the past week or so has given us a glimmer of hope, with nearly two feet falling in Vail and Beaver Creek, a foot-and-a...

We’ve all done it: wrapped a long weekend skiing powder at a resort on the I-70 corridor, packed the car, and checked the clock. It’s only 3 p.m.; maybe there’s still time to beat the traffic. You hop onto I-70, and…wham! Bumper to bumper. If only there were a way to wait it out without springing...

With ski season nearly here, we’re resigned to spending more time on I-70 while chasing snowstorms in the Rocky Mountains. Inevitably, when we pass the emergency ramps along the sides of the highway, we wonder: Do trucks actually use those? The answer is yes—hundreds of times a season. In fact, the...

Rant: I-70 drivers. Did you go to the mountains last weekend? Are you still stuck on I-70? Part of living in the Centennial State is acquiescing to the fact that you'll spend a chunk of your life idling in the parking lot that is I-70. From zipper lanes to high-speed trains, each proposed solution...

With Denver's first snowstorm coming, we've hauled our skis out of storage and started trolling the mountain snow reports on a daily basis—with good reason. More than 12 million people skied our slopes last year, according to the National Ski Areas Association. That's only happened three times...